Part 363

<hw>Am`a*teur"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>amator</ets> lover, fr. <ets>amare</ets> to love.]</ety> <def>A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.</def>

<h1>Amateurish</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`a*teur"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Am`a*teur"ish*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Am`a*teur"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></def></wordforms>

<h1>Amateurism</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"a*teur*ism</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practice, habit, or work of an amateur.</def>

<h1>Amateurship</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"a*teur`ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or character of an amateur.</def>

<h1>Amative</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"a*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>amare</ets> to love.]</ety> <def>Full of love; amatory.</def>

<h1>Amativeness</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"a*tive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Phren.)</fld> <def>The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.</def>

<i>Combe.</i>

<h1>Amatorial</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`a*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Amatorious</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a lover or to love making; amatory; <as>as, <ex>amatorial</ex> verses</as>.</def>

<h1>Amatorially</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`a*to"ri*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an amatorial manner.</def>

<h1>Amatorian</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`a*to"ri*an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Amatory.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Amatorious</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`a*to"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>amatorius</ets>, fr. <ets>amare</ets> to love.]</ety> <def>Amatory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Amatorious</i> poem."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Amatory</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, producing, or expressing, sexual love; <as>as, <ex>amatory</ex> potions</as>.</def>

<h1>Amaurosis</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`au*ro"sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ dark, dim.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A loss or decay of sight, from loss of power in the optic nerve, without any perceptible external change in the eye; -- called also <altname>gutta serena</altname>, the "<altname>drop serene</altname>" of Milton.</def>

<h1>Amaurotic</h1> <Xpage=46>

<hw>Am`au*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis.</def>